Prof. Ohad Gal-Mor
Email: Ohad.Gal-Mor@sheba.health.gov.il
Phone: (972)-3-5307993 (Office); (972)-3-5303458 (Lab)
Position: Head of Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory; Associated Prof. Tel-Aviv University
Find me on Twitter: @InfectiousGal
The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory (Gal-Mor lab) is located at the vibrant Sheba Medical Center Campus and is affiliated with the Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University. Ohad Gal-Mor is an Associate Professor at the Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. students belong to the School of Graduate Studies.
Our research addresses fundamental questions in the microbiology and infectious diseases fields, while using the bacterial pathogen Salmonella enterica as a useful and highly relevant model. Our overall goals are to better understand, on the mechanistic level, how pathogens cause diseases and develop creative novel approaches to deal with burning clinical challenges, such as the antibiotic resistance pandemic and bacterial outbreaks.
Research Interests:
1. Why do genetically-similar Salmonella serovars, which belong to the same species cause different diseases in humans?
2. Virulence regulation in Salmonella and its response to environmental signals.
3. The role of mobile genetic elements in the epidemiology and pathogenicity of emerging Salmonella strains.
4. The biology of persistent Salmonella infections.
5. Understanding the mechanisms that shape Salmonella host-specificity.
Education:
2008, Postdoc, Salmonella Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
2003, Ph.D., Molecular Microbiology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
1997, B.Sc., Biology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Affiliations:
The Infectious Diseases Unit at Sheba Medical Center and the Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel-Aviv University.
Research Grants & Awards:
2023 - 2028 Israel Science Foundation (grant No. 1228/23; 1,350,000 NIS).
2022 - 2023 Weizmann – Sheba Medical Center Collaboration (100,000 $).
2019 - 2021 Research Cooperation Lower Saxony – Israel (The Volkswagen Foundation) (Grant No. A128055).
2020 Dean's award for excellence in teaching, Tel-Aviv University, faculty of Medicine.
2019 - 2020 Israel ministry of Science & Technology. Israel-Italy collaboration on microgravity research. (Antimicrobial Resistance Gene Transfer in Microgravity).
2019 - 2022 German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (Grant No. I-41-416.6-2017).
2018 - 2021 The joint research program of ISF-Broad Institute (grant No 2616/18)
2017 - 2018 The Israeli poultry board (grant No. 356-3333-17).
2016 - 2019 The Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development Chief Scientist (Grant No. 20-14-0032).
2016 - 2019 Infect-ERA (Consortium Coordinator) Grant No. 3-12435).
2015 Sheba Applied and Clinical Research Grant (Grant No. 93054).
2014 - 2018 Israel Science Foundation (grant No. 999/14).
2011 - 2015 German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (GIF, Grant No. 39/2011).
2011 Sheba Applied and Clinical Research Grant (Grant No. 93008).
2009 - 2013 Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant FP7-PEOPLE-RG-2009 (Grant No. 249241).
2009 The Ministry of Health Chief Scientist (Grant No.3-6356).
2004 - 2007 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship.
2004 - 2005 Canadian Association of Gastroenterology/ Canadian Institutes of Health Research/ Ferring pharmaceuticals Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Publications:
Here are links to the list of publications of Prof. Ohad Gal-Mor
